floorboard vs floor

floor vs floorboard

floorboard and floor both are nouns.

floorboard is not a verb while floor is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
floorboard	Yes	No	No	No
floor	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, floor is a hypernym of floorboard; that is, floor is a word with a broader meaning than floorboard:

floorboard: the floor of an automobile
floor: the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)

Other hypernyms of floorboard include flooring.

floorboard (noun)	floor (noun)
a board in the floor	the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
the floor of an automobile	a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
	a large room in a exchange where the trading is done
	the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business
	the parliamentary right to address an assembly
	a lower limit
	the occupants of a floor
	the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water
	the ground on which people and animals move about
	the lower inside surface of any hollow structure

floorboard (verb)	floor (verb)
	knock down with force
	surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off

Difference between floorboard and floor

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